Health Topic 3 Medical research.

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MeHealth Topic 3: Medical Research
ITGSOpedia Link
For each of the following topics you are to find:
  • TWO recent (in the past 2 years) news items. Link to them, give a brief review under the What? So What? and Now What model?
  • TWO websites with relevant and updated information - provide link and paragraph of review
  • ONE embedded video
  • Add anything else that will help others understand the impact of IT on this area of health
  • ALSO addlinks to other strands and make connection to other parts of the syllabus: (see ITGSOpedia for examples of how this is done)
    • Strand 1 - Social and Ethical Issues
    • Strand 2 - Areas of impact
    • Strand 3 - IT Systems
  • TWO websites with relevant and updated information - provide link and paragraph of review
  • ONE embedded video
  • Add anything else that will help others understand the impact of IT on this area of health

Global collaboration

Center for Global Collaboration and Health Initiatives(John)
Medication Experts gather together by forming Global Collaboration in order to treat patients through this website. They update enemrgency medicine for patients.

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Database for the Human Genome Project


Human Genome Project Information
Project goals were to
  • identify all the approximately 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA,
  • determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA,
  • store this information in databases,
  • improve tools for data analysis,
  • transfer related technologies to the private sector, and
  • address the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) that may arise from the project.
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In the genome | The Human Genome

Self Diagnosing

Online Medical Diagnosis & Symptoms Analysis
People can diagnosis themselves, without the need to go to a hospital.
E.g. -All hospitals and doctors are out of business, go to this website.
-Get a second opinion, protection against untrustworthy doctors.
  • YourDiagnosis asks questions about every body system. No symptom will go undetected. Your allergies, medications and immunizations are recorded as well as your family history and past medical problems.
  • YourDiagnosis does a complex analysis of all information gathered about your symptoms and will produce a list of all possible and probable medical diagnoses.

Improving patient rehabilitation

rehabilitation using game [1] (Yae)
Therapist uses games such as Wii for improving patient's physical rehabilitation.
This method can be used for avoiding senility.
issue - addict?
impact - health, communication
System - games, including software and hardware
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Rehabilitation using medicine
In this article, it talks about rehab using medicine, medicine is used for reducing impact of diseases such as muscle loss. [2]
Issue - reaction to medicine? is it really safe?
impact - health system - researching.
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  1. ^ "NHS London | Innovating Rehabilitation Using Wii Technology." NHS London | Home. Web. 24 Aug. 2011.
  2. ^ "Rehabilitation medicine | Royal College of Physicians." Royal College of Physicians. Web. 18 Oct. 2011.